Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

French painter (1780–1867)

† 1867 · Artists · Painter in the permanent collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Musée d'Orsay, National Gallery, Uffizi Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art; cross-wiki notability: 122 language Wikipedias

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Metropolitan Museum of Art · Art Institute of Chicago · Musée d'Orsay · National Gallery · Uffizi Gallery · National Gallery of Art · Los Angeles County Museum of Art · J. Paul Getty Museum · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Cleveland Museum of Art

License & source

Public domain · Wikidata

Life

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was born on August 29, 1780 in Montauban and died on January 14, 1867 in Paris, aged 86. Recorded occupations: painter, politician, violinist, draftsperson, printmaker and graphic artist. Country of citizenship: France. Positions held include Second Empire senator and director of the French Academy in Rome. Associated movements: Romanticism and Neoclassicism. Fields of work: painting. Notable works include “Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière”, “Antiochus and Stratonice”, “Vénus Anadyomène”, “Grande Odalisque”, “Oedipus and the Sphinx” and “The Turkish Bath”. Educated at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Honours include Prix de Rome, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Knight of the Order of Saint Joseph. Member of Académie des beaux-arts.

At a glance

Born: August 29, 1780 · Montauban
Died: January 14, 1867 · Paris
Age at death: 86
Citizenship: France
Occupations: painter, politician, violinist, draftsperson, printmaker, graphic artist
Positions held: Second Empire senator, director of the French Academy in Rome
Movements: Romanticism, Neoclassicism
Notable works: Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière, Antiochus and Stratonice, Vénus Anadyomène, Grande Odalisque, Oedipus and the Sphinx, The Turkish Bath
Education: Beaux-Arts de Paris, French Academy in Rome
Honours: Prix de Rome, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Knight of the Order of Saint Joseph
Wikipedia editions: 122 languages
Signature licence: Public domain

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